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Chris Urmson
CEO and Co-Founder
Latest rounds
- Edge Case ResearchRound · $7MJun 2019 · led
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- 1
- Led
- 1
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- $7M
- Active
- 2019
Edge Case ResearchRound$7MUSLed · +5 investors
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Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAurora Innovation, Inc.Executive Officer, Directoron 3 filings · since 2017
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Aurora's Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready (Live at HumanX)
WithChris Urmson
About this episode
Self-driving has been "almost here" for over a decade. But somewhere between DARPA challenges and a handful of driverless trucks hauling freight between Dallas and Houston, Aurora co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson’s story changed. The self-driving truck company started commercial driverless…
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Inside Aurora’s Push to Make Autonomous Trucking Real | Chris Urmson
WithChris Urmson
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Chris Urmson has spent the last 20 years pushing the limits of autonomous driving, first at Carnegie Mellon’s DARPA Grand Challenge team, then as co-founder of Google’s self-driving car project, now Waymo. On this week’s episode, the Aurora CEO retraces that journey, from building robot cars in the… More on the show's page
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Chris Urmson: The Future of Autonomous Vehicle Technology
WithChris Urmson
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Generative AI is making it possible to not only remove the human from the driver seat, but, in the world of trucking and freight, from the vehicle entirely. This week on Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner and host Michael Mignano speaks with Chris Urmson, CEO and co-founder of Aurora Innovation,… More on the show's page
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When trucks drive themselves with Chris Urmson of Aurora
WithChris Urmson
MentionsGoogle
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Chris Urmson is one of the founding fathers of the autonomous vehicle industry. He participated in three DARPA self-driving vehicle challenges before joining the team that launched Google’s self-driving car project, which later became Waymo. Eventually though, Chris saw an opportunity to scratch an…
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Let waypoints guide you, w/Aurora's Chris Urmson
WithChris Urmson
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To complete an audacious journey, you need to set short, achievable goals, or waypoints, to avoid getting wildly lost. But waypoints also need to be flexible because when you're knocked off track, you need to be able to realign your waypoints to get back on course. Aurora's Chris Urmson shares…
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Aurora's Chris Urmson + Nuro's Jiajun Zhu | The Road Ahead for Autonomous Driving
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Autonomous driving is among the most exciting applications for artificial intelligence. It is also among the most challenging to actually pull off: from the capital-intensive combination of hardware and software to the complex coordination between multiple stakeholders to ensure safety. What will… More on the show's page
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The 'people’s airline,' SpaceXAI, and the Enterprise AI Race
MentionsAndreessen HorowitzChris UrmsonKatie Haun
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Everyone wants a piece of the enterprise AI pie, and this week, we saw a string of companies making their moves. From Anthropic and OpenAI announcing new joint ventures targeting enterprise AI deployment to SAP dropping $1B on German AI startup Prior Labs, it's becoming clear that if you're a…
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Apple PodcastsEpisode 250: AI Special Featuring Sierra, Harvey, Windsurf & More
MentionsBret TaylorChris UrmsonYamini Rangan
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Six leaders from across tech, from SaaS and semis to law and logistics, come together for our 250th episode milestone in this very special AI recap, where we unpack how new advances are transforming the way industries function, and how work gets done. Featuring: • Bret Taylor (Sierra… More on the show's page
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